Re: The Language Code, take 2 (or 3)
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 13, 2003, 12:05 |
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I haven't followed the thread, but I'm somewhat
concerned about the term "natural". IMHO a
conlang can be constructed so as to be natural
or abnatural, depending on whether it mimics the
properties of attested ethnic non-conlangs --
aka language universals -- or not. So rather
than a conlang--natlang dicotomy I would prefer
a conlang--ethnic lang dicotomy, or perhaps even
a +|-constructed property, since a conlang may
be ethnic or non-ethnic in a concultural sense.
/BP 8^)
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